Koichi Tanaka
Koichi Tanaka (田中 耕一, Tanaka Kōichi, born August 3, 1959) is a Japanese electrical engineer. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002 for creating a method for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules with John Bennett Fenn and Kurt Wüthrich.[1][2]
Koichi Tanaka | |
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 Koizumi Cabinet E-mail Magazine, No.81, February 6, 2003. | |
| Born | 3 August 1959 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Tohoku University |
| Known for | Soft laser desorption |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2002) Order of Culture (2002) Person of Cultural Merit (2002) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical Engineering, chemistry |
| Institutions | Shimadzu Corporation |
References
- Tanaka, K.; Waki, H.; Ido, Y.; Akita, S.; Yoshida, Y.; Yoshida, T. (1988). "Protein and Polymer Analyses up to m/z 100 000 by Laser Ionization Time-of flight Mass Spectrometry". Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2 (20): 151–3. Bibcode:1988RCMS....2..151T. doi:10.1002/rcm.1290020802.
- "Biographical Snapshots of Famous Women and Minority Chemists: Snapshot". Archived from the original on 2008-06-05. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
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